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What's New in Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2

This chapter sample, from the guide Mastering Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, co-written by Mark Minasi, Willem Kasdorp as the contributing author and published by Wiley Publishing, summarizes the defining features of Windows Server 2008. Learn how security factored into the design of the first version of this operating system and was further enhanced through incorporation into R2 technologies. Gain insight into other areas that R2 improves on and discover the six categories that both Server 2008 and R2's new features fall into, including:

Active Directory

New setup technologies

Changes to the underlying operating system

Networking changes

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